O'Donnell's Drug Injury (5)

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Synopsis
O’Donnell’s Drug Injury, Fifth Edition presents up-to-date information on adverse events caused by drugs via direct pharmacological action or indirectly through injury caused by impairment or an altered mental state. The impact of drug injury on legal cases is emphasized throughout the book. This book serves as a comprehensive reference for attorneys, pharmacists, physicians, risk managers, nurses, drug manufacturers, and regulators—as well as anyone with an interest in drug use and drug injury. It lays out general pharmacological principles, presents an in-depth discussion of high-risk drugs often implicated in drug injury, details best practices to improve medication safety in clinical pharmacy practice, and discusses a variety of important forensic toxicology concepts such as drug testing.Key areas covered include: Pharmacology and toxicology of high-alert and high-risk drugs often implicated in legal cases Application of pharmacological and toxicological principles to the law Coverage of processes to ensure medication safety, gaps and blind spots in this process, and recommendations on how to enhance drug safety Eight new chapters covering timely topics such as Antineoplastics Therapy, Contrast Media Neurotoxicity, Drug Recognition Evaluation, RxISK Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Program, Compounding Pharmacy Fraud, Involuntary Intoxication, and Total Parenteral Nutrition Errors and Injuries Contributions by 43 authors with diverse expertise, including pharmacologists; toxicologists; clinical pharmacists; physicians; attorneys; nephrologists, and a neurologist, hepatologist, epidemiologist, addiction expert, and an investigative health reporter.
Copyright:
2026

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
944 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781040345085
Related ISBNs:
9781003615323, 9781040345047, 9781041015451
Publisher:
CRC Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, James J. O’Donnell III, James T. O’Donnell, Gourang P. Patel, and Jennifer Splawski
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Technology, Medicine
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
James J. O'Donnell III
Edited by:
James T. O'Donnell
Edited by:
Gourang P. Patel
Edited by:
Jennifer Splawski

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